WHOA! Intarcia investing/speculating in real estate in Vietnam with Korean VC? WTF?
http://www.newsworld.co.kr/detail.htm?no=3451
Shinhan I&F Eyes to take over Stake in Nova Land Group in Vietnam jointly with Intarcia Therapeutics
The move first by South Korean securities firm to take over directly stake in foreign firm overseas and Intarcia, a U.S. pharmaceutical firm engaged in development of medication for diabetes soon to list its shares in New York Exchange
26(Tue), Sep, 2017
Shinhan Financial Investment, the control tower for Shinhan Financial Group’s investment banking sector, is in the middle of taking a stake in Nova Land Group, a real estate development company in Vietnam, jointly with Intarcia Therapeutics, a U.S. bio-technology company. The price tag is set at for 230 billion won. The move is considered a rare opportunity as it concerns a securities firm taking a stake in a foreign real estate firm directly without involving an agent.
According to investment banking sources on Aug. 24, the Korean securities firm set up a consortium with Tyrus Holdings’ Starset Investment and has been at work to take over a stake of 1.66 million preferred shares or a 1.84 percent, in Intarcia Therapeutics Inc., worth $100 million. Now a fund is being put together publicly in the name of Shinhan Global Healthcare Investment Cooperative No. 2.
Intarcia has been working mainly researching cures for diabetes. It developed an under-skin injection-type pump to inject medication for diabetes patients. The company applied to the FDA for a license to use it commercially last November. If approved, it is expected to boost the market value of the company from the current 4 trillion won. The expectation is so high that a number of well-known investors, including hedge funds and asset management firms, chose to investment in the firm, including the Bill and Melinda Foundation, Fidelity Global Investment, Morgan Stanley and Baupost. Intarcia is scheduled to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2019.